FairVoice

What about a send Congress overseas initiative? I'm sick and tired of career politics posturing in public and conspiring against America in private. Time idiots like Stabenow and Levin get sent to some third world rat hole where their talents are better put to use.

"Republicans have figured out a way to seize control of the national and state debate just by running a single chamber -- the U.S. House"

Wow! And you think Rachel Madcow spews half truths. Republicans are in the US House by a democratic process called an election. They didn't seize anything they are doing their jobs unlike worthless Demcrat w**res like Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin who are among those who refuse to pass a budget in direct defiance of the law. Perhaps you might mention that one some time instead of making moronic comments about Republicans. You really are pretty ignorant about politics for somebody who is employed to write about politics. I'm guessing you have dirt on somebody high up in the organization.

This isn't about ACCESS to contraception, you can walk into any drug store and get contraception. This is about forcing religious organizations to pay for things that they consider immoral. Not just Catholics but also other denominations that take exception with the self-abortion drugs.

The filthy liar in the White House has decided to declare war on Christians and useless idiots like you spout stupid remarks about access when this is nothing more than an assault on the First Amendment. Educate yourself.

Okay Mr. Skubiick. Perhaps one of you biased left-of-center journalists/ Obama cheerleaders could explain this then. Why exactly is January 2012 halftime in America? What transpired before now to justify that description? Why did your masters in the Obama re-election campaign tweet that it was an awesome ad? Make no mistake this kind of propaganda is relatively harmless but it is clear that there was a political statement behind the ad no matter what the company that received the massive influx of taxpayer dollars says.

What I'd like to know is why you didn't ask the governor what he thinks about the fact that the ad lauding Detroit was actually filmed in New Orleans and Los Angeles. That and a discussion over the Michigan film industry would seem far more relevant than your usual cheerleading for team Obama and Democrats in general by your snarky anti-R "commentary."

“Politics, especially on the political right, is dominated by a cycle of money and favors. The hard-right conservatives who control Lansing and most of Washington these days are ideologically driven and corporate owned. "

I simply have to laugh at the hypocrisy. Politics, especially on the far left is dominated by a cycle of money and favors between public sector unions and Democrat politicians and bundlers. The "progressives" of Lansing and most of Washington DC these days are ideologically driven and beholden to the organized labor.

In fact, if there is a war on the middle class it is being waged by the left. Unions give money to public officials who then do whatever they can to set up favoritism for unions. The well-being of Americans is secondary to protecting lousy teachers, corrupt government workers, and lazy manufacturers. The left is funding the so-called occupy movement to engage in class warfare. And, even as Democrats have amassed a deficit that is nothing more than generational theft from our future generations, they are insisting that not one entitlement program be touched, not one lousy teacher be fired, or even that Govt. Motors and Chrysler pay back every cent of what was stolen from the taxpayer so that all those UAW workers and pensioners were not exposed to the real effect of poor leadership and crappy products that nobody wants.

Mr. Murray, I certainly hope that your next "commentary" ask right leaning groups if they think the left is waging war on the middle class. It seems only fair that you attempt to be objective and balanced if you are going to ask Governor Snyder why he hates the middle class.

Detroit needs to understand that this isn't 1952 when the auto manufacturing industry gave them political advantage. It was bad enough that the laws had to be changed to allow "large" cities the ability to tax at a different rate when Detroit fell far below that threshold.

My advice to Detroit is to spin off portions of the city. Contract your borders and provide excellent services for your constiuency. This would allow the county to better deal with the issues they face.

My senior year was after all the heavy lifting was done. I double majored in liberal arts but I worked my tail off for three years- including some summer school. By my last semester, I was more focused on finding a J-O-B than I was on my studies.

More importantly, why is the elephant in the room not part of the study? How much time did those participating in the study spend working a job to pay for their education? Yes- I went there. The Occupy (whatever) idiots whine about their student loans. How many of these commies actually worked while they were taking classes and how many did nothing but spend a few hours studying and the rest of the time in the bars (my interpretation of socializing)?

Wow, really classy you commies and haters. The man got railroaded out of office by the unions (and payback when the Dems recall starts is going to be sweet justice for this affront to democracy). The least you people could do is show a little grace and respect. I guess that is too much to expect from the people who "occupy" places by holding up signs calling for killing cops.

That being said, this is my sign-off from Mlive which will make commies like Jerry happy. After long deliberation, I'm moving out of state. The house sale was closed this morning and I'm off to a better job elsewhere.

I no longer have a stake in what happens in MI. Part of me is sad but I'm not so sure that things will ever turn around until we stop listening to the idiots who worship the unions to the point that elected officials have to obey organized labor or face recall for no reason other than the union is displeased. And that, apparently is reason to celebrate and continue attacking the man driven from office by the union.

Good luck Michigan. You are stuck with the dregs of liberalism when you need people willing to buckle down and turn the state's fortunes around. Not going to happen so long as we elect and then drive from office public officials. Not going to happen so long as we engage in the class warfare of the left. Not going to happen so long as there is a toxic partisan environment that deters those who could best help from even running for office.

I'm neutral on Paul Scott's record. What I will tell you is that the way the unions and Democrats engaged in un-American and undemocratic thuggery will indeed affect the decisions of those considering running for public office. The left often snipes that one gets the government they support. Well, these recall efforts showed that the left will attempt to undo the results delivered by the ballot box. That is unhealthy for democracy. I leave the state saddened to see even one of these efforts (by both parties) result in victory laps by commies like Jerry and all the usual suspects.

'The American public has gotten past its animosity toward General Motors for taking a government bailout in 2009, the company's top executive said Thursday.'

Really? Think again moron. There is at least one American (me) who will not buy a govt. motors product ever again thanks to the deal your company made with the devil (i.e. Obama). It cost us taxpayers billions with no return on that money.

I'm guessing that Mr. Barber is a twenty-something, OWS supporting idiot who got punked by some old commie grannie. The whole article is so biased it is clear it was written with an agenda in mind. Good for whoever is that old woman for not giving her real name.

Says the guy who was appointed by and has over a quarter of his shareholders represented by a jug-eared idiot who claims bailing out this (still) failing company is a success story. Obama's lapdog might be right but the fact of the matter is that anything coming from govt. motors is tainted from the beginning because of the very way that the taxpayers bailed out a filthy union's pension funds as a kickback for supporting the socialist currently infesting the White House and treading the same walkways where those who love America have gone before this anti-American bastard now walks.

Why wouldn't it? This is so clearly the right thing to do even Democrats can agree without trying to politicize it by attacking some other class in thier relentless attack on anybody who has been successful and does not vote with them.